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  <h1>Changing build order</h1>
  <p>By default, the Workbench computes the build order by interpreting project references as prerequisite
  relationships. Alternatively, you can explicitly define the order in which projects are built.</p>
  <p>The Build Order preference page allows you to disable the <b>Use default build order</b> option so that you can
  access the projects list and manipulate the order of it.</p>
  <p>To define the order in which the Workbench performs builds projects:</p>
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    <li>Open the <a class="command-link" href=
    'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.ui.preferencePages.BuildOrder)")'>
    <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <b>General &gt; Workspace &gt; Build
    Order</b></a> preference page.</li>
    <li>Ensure that the <b>Use default build order</b> checkbox is cleared. If it is selected, the buttons on this page
    are disabled, and builds are performed in the order of the project list.</li>
    <li>(Optional) Click <b>Add Project</b> and <b>Remove Project</b> buttons to add and remove projects from the
    list.</li>
    <li>Select one or more projects in the list and click <b>Up</b> or <b>Down</b> to to set the preferred project
    build order.</li>
    <li>Click <b>OK</b> to close the Preferences dialog.</li>
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  <h3 class="related">Related concepts</h3><a href="../concepts/concepts-22.htm">Builds</a>
  <h3 class="related">Related tasks</h3><a href="tasks-75.htm">Performing builds manually</a><br>
  <a href="tasks-16.htm">Performing builds automatically</a>
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